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Monday, January 5, 2009

Chickpea Salad

We pop in chickpeas as a snack , but to turn it into a salad dish is the first time I have ever tried and surprisingly it turned out to be good. The dressing blends well with the chickpeas. The recipe was adapted from Family Circle Salad book.

I boiled the chickpeas for the Piggies as snack while watching their holiday movie and I suddenly remembered reading this recipe from the Salad Book by Family Circle. After those artery clogging goodies we indulged in since Christmas, I thought it was a good idea to have more salad in our daily intake and since I have the chickpeas ready for consumption I might as well try it out….curiousity kills the cat but in this case curiousity benefits the Piggies..oink oink and Piggies and myself love it.

The subtle fragrant from the chopped italian parsleys , the tangy taste of lemon juice and the after taste sweetness from the honey makes this a perfect combo. The chopped garlic and red onion of course added extra flavor to the salad! The scent is out of this world. And the infusion it makes is absolutely heavenly . This salad is easy to whip up, but its taste is much more luxurious than its simplicity belies.

Chickpea Salad - adapted from Family Circle/ Salad
Ingredients:

(A)

1 cup of cooked chickpeas

1/2 cup tomatoes - diced

1/2 cup red capsicum - diced

10 pitted black olive - diced

1/2 cup zucchini - diced - * I left this out

dressing:

3 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp honey

3 pips of garlic - chopped finely

2 shallots - chopped finely

italian parsley - chopped

Method:

Mix together ingredients A in a salad bowl. Mix dressing ingredients in a jar and shake it to get the infusion to start its magical work. Pour over the salad and toss well.